Nothing happens while you live. The scenery changes, people come in and go out, that's all. There are no beginnings. Days are tacked on to days without rhyme or reason, an interminable, monotonous addition.

To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.

Commitment is an act, not a word.

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.

Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.

There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, "now what?

One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.